Marriage is one of those great paradoxes.
In the one hand you must hold it tightly, unyielding to
external assault, persevering against internal ruin, tenacious in your
maintenance. It is a flame in your arsenal of light.
In the other hand you must hold it loosely, understanding it
as an earthly gift, a construct for a time and place, and refuse to give to it
all the weight which eternal things claim.
We often see the results of holding it too loosely or
holding it too tightly. The world errors in the first way and the church errors
in the second way, often treating marriage and healthy families as the means to
saving the culture and the world. The Bible is clear: only the gospel is that
means. Our marriage to Christ is the only eternal marriage.
C.S. Lewis on love: “Like most of the other things which humans are excited about, such as
health and sickness, age and youth, or war and peace, it is, from the point of
view of the spiritual life, mainly raw material.”
Its goodness and importance are undeniable. Its idolization
is untenable.
1 comment:
Been reading a book on marriage this morning by Alistair Begg. Interesting how you put it. It's a good discussion starter, honey.
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